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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1913.
FEARING Pins,
FAGE W. BROWN
A THENS. GA., May 8.—Georgia
jr-\ had its liveliest and most
strenuous practice since the
season opened yesterday afternoon,
and with another one thlB afternoon
everything will be in readiness for tht
great series to begin Friday. Old
grads and fans of the Red und Black
are already beginning to gather in
t he Classic City and by Friday morn
ing every chapter house and hotel
here will be crowded with visitors
who come to Athens annually to see
Georgia and Tech tight for suprem
acy.
More Georgia men than ever before
will be on hand this time and they
exoect to see their alma mater tri
umph. To every section of the coun
try has gone the news of Georgia's
marvelous victories all season, and If
there is one thing that a Georgian or
Techite longs for it Is to see their op
ponents swept from the Held of battle
and no game is ever too one-sided to
bg uninteresting.
Musters in a Southpaw,
Coach Cunningham mustered in a
recruit left-hander for batting prac
tice yesterday, in anticipation of
Pitta. '.Veb Brown, one of the great
est pitchers Georgia ever had, an
swered to the call of the Red and
Black coach. But few southpaws
have faced Georgia this season, and
whether the bunch can keep up its
terrific hitting against Pitts is prob
lematical, although he was rather
easy last year.
Brown steamed ’em over like a reg
ular yesterday and had the batters
guessing, and if the Yellow Jacket
port-sider can buffalo his Red and
Black opponents as did the former
Georgia captain, he will earn many a
sheckei for his fellow collegians.
Henderson was back at his old
stand on first for a part of the work
out and still retains his sure batting
eye. He broke a couple of bats dur
ing the afternoon and was one of the
few who could connect safely.
"Tiny’s" long suit is putting left-hand
pitchers to, sleep and unless Ills mumps
give him the “big head” again he
will be scampering around the Initial
sack when Pitts oocupies the mound.
Bowden has been leading the team
In batting aince he broke Into the
game a couple of weeks ago, and It Is
worrying Cunningham not a little bit
as to where to place him when Hen
derson goes to first. It’s a cinch,
'hough, that hla name will be In the
line-up somewhere, and it is more
than probable that Henderson will go
to third, since there seems to be no
hope for Covington to be reinstated.
No Umpire Selected Yet.
No umpire has been selected for
the series yet, though both managers
are keeping the wires warm trying to
agree. Harris Cope, of Sewanee, was
selected, but has declined to serve,
and Turner, who has given such per
fect satisfaction In past series. Is out
West. It Is preferred that one man
to .handle the indicator be agreed on
and that the two-player system be
not pressed into service, as it has
never worked well with Tech and
Georgia.
BUCK BECKER MAY SIGN
WITH LYNCHBURG CLUB
LYNCHBURG, VA„ May 8.—Buck
Becker, the Washington lad, who
bought his release from Atlanta sev
eral days ago, is now considering a
proposition from Manager MacKin
non, of the Lynchburg Club in the
United States League. It Is stated
’.hat the salary offered him is larger
than that which was paid him in
Atlanta. It is believed here that
Becker will decide to accept the
proposition before the season opens
May 10.
The locals will be captained by
Harry Steinfeldt, formerly of the
Chicago Cubs, who has been round
ing into shape in Cincinnati for the
last several weks. He is expected
here to-day.
Lynchburg is the only Virginia city
in the outlaw League.
HARRY MATTHEWS EXPECTED
IN NEWPORT NEWS TO-DAY
NEWPORT NEWS, VA„ May 8.—
Harry Matthews, formerly catcher of
the New Orleans Club, who managed
the Rome, Ga. team of the South
Atlantic League last season, has been
signed to manage the Newport News
Club in the Virginia League and Is
expected to report here to-day for
duty.
Matthews will succeed Matthew
Broderick under whose management
this team has earned the title of
Jonah, having lost a total of fif
teen games out of fifteen played since
the season opened three weeks ago.
ELBERFELD TO MAKE MORE
CHANGES WITH LOOKOUTS
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., May 8.
;—Klberfeld is to make two more
changes with the Lookouts before
he settles on his regular line-up for
the race. One change will take place
in left and the other in the pitching
department.
Just at present the left garden is
being covered by Elberfeld, Harbison,
or Gillespie, just as the notion strikes
the first named. The Lookout pilot
wants a sterling class A man in left
so he can return to short permanent
ly, leave Gillespie regularly at third,
and Harbison a regular utility man.
Lines are out In several directions
MORGAN AND M’KETRICK
TO ANSWER “FAKE” CHARGES
PHILADELPHIA. May 8—Dan
Morgan and Dan McKetrick, mana
gers of pugilists, are here to-day
making an effort to have the ban m
Jack Britton and Pal Moore, their
proteges, lifted. Both fighters are
forbidden to reappear in the ring
here. They were charged with put
ting up a fake fight.
M’ALEER SAYS RED SOX
NEED STAHL IN LINE-UP
BOSTON, May 8 —Jimmy McAleer.
owner of the Red Sox, to-day de
clared that the chances of his team
winning the pennant were quite im
possible with Jake Stahl out of the
line-up. It will be two or three weeks
before Stahl's foot will permit his
return to the game.
White City Park Now Open
Bringing Up Father
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Copyright, ltlS, International New* Service.
By George McManus
THIi Oo<i A VERY
pine lon<; inland
H °0.-ID ■ HE'S
FOND OF Mv
HUSBAND - FOLLOWS
Him every whfpe;
By Mike Donahue.
A UBURN, May 8.—With the
playing of the Clemson series
this week Auburn will wind up
its baseball schedule for the year. A
victory over Clemson would wind up
a very satisfactory season. So far
twelve S. I. A. A. games have been
played and of these nine have been
won and three lost.
What makes Auburn's record ap
pear still better is the fact that nine
of these games were played off the
campus and seven won. These games
included series against such strong
teams as Mercer, Florida and Geor
gia. The Georgians have had a de
cided advantage over the other S. I.
A. A. teams on the small number of
3. I. A. A. games that they have play
ed away from home They have
played only three, splitting even with
Clemson and beating Tennessee.
With Davis again rounding into
shape the outlook for a victory over
Clemson is rather favorable. Davis
is a hard pitcher to beat and in
spite of his crippled condition has
lost but one game and has been so
far the only pitcher to defeat the
Georgia team in Athens.
The heavy hitters on the team are
Harris, Williams and Loche, all of
whom are batting in the neighbor
hood of ,350. The timeliest batters
are Moulton and Davenport. In fact
the most remarkable feature of the
team’s work has been Its ability to
send runners around once they got
on the bases. And if no one got on
then someone would come up and line
out a home-run. It is the best scor
ing team that Auburn has had in
some time.
The pitching department has been
somewhat uncertain. Davis was not
in shape to go a double-header
against Georgia at that time of the
year and in such cold weather. Davis
Is an outfielder that is being devel
oped Into a pitcher and is very short
on experience. Loche is in somewhat
the same condition and has been
bothered by lack of control. It will
be Davis against Ezell Thursday.
Two other series have been played
and won and in one of them, Marlon
Institute, Auburn played a team that
would compare favorably with any
of the 3. I. A. A. teams.
RED SOX AND NAPS CLASH
IN FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT
CLEVELAND, OHIO, May 8.—Ill-
feeling that cropped out between the
Red sox and Naps during the play
here ended In a free-for-all fight un
der the grandstand after yesterday’s
contest was over. While no one was
seriously hurt, there was quite a little
blood spilled, and Trls Speaker was
spiked three times during a rough-
and-tumble mix-up.
An attempt was made tq hush the
matter and none of the players would
talk about it to-day, but the facts
leaked out.
The trouble began when Carrlgan
blocked Graney off the plate and
knocked him almost unconscious early
In the game. This angered the Naps,
who no longer are the meek and lowly
players of yore, and they played like
fiends after that.
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TICKER DAT
The day is dark
At the baseball park
And the office is cold and plum.
li e stand and gape
At the roll of tape
As we wait for the news to come.
We read the dope
And we wait and hope
As the tidings come rolling in,
And our pulses burn
we stand and yearn
That the Crackers will up and win.
The report that Bat Nelson will ter
minate his ring career on Labor Day is
news to those who thought he had ter
minated same when he entered into a
conflict with one A. Wolgast.
Messrs Nelson and Waddell have de
cided to quit their respective profes
sions, but Tom Jones never wil quit his
until some one wishes a Maxim silencer
on him.
It .is proposed to investigate the
charge that convict labor was used dur
ing the CU|b sojourn in Tampa. Having
seen said convicts in action, we are will
ing to swear that they never were guilty
of labor.
We note by the public prints that
Johnny Kling is off to join the Reds. A
man must be off, to Join the Reds.
We have It from Ban Johnson that
the American League will not tolerate
disorderly conduct. This Is a laudable
ambition, but will it hold good on fes
tive occasions when American League
magnates hold meetings?
P. S. S.—We have picked the Phillies
to win. not by exercising our marvelous
brain, but by depositing two (2) dol
lars and picking a name out of a hat.
If said Phillies do not win it is not our
fault.
Frank Chance arises to vouchsafe that
Walter Johnson is the fastest pitcher in
baseball. Mr. Chance evidently has
never seen It. Waddell at 3:45 a. m.
Jim Corbett thinks well of both Gun
boat Smith and Jess Willard. Hence
the one best bet is that both will lose.
HOUCK WALLOPS BROWN
IN TEN-ROUND FIGHT
NEW YORK, May 8.—Leo Houck,
of Lancaster. Pa., gave Georg
Knockout Brown, of Chicago, a wal
loping for ten rounds at the St. Nicn-
olas Athletic Club last night. Houck
weighed 182 poundR and Brown two
pounds less. Brown’s rough tactics
did not meet with the approval of the
crowd. Houck was the cleaner punch
er.
YANKEES RELEASE CATCHER.
NEW YORK. May 8.—The New
York American League club an
nounced to-day that Catcher Rob
ert Williams has been released to th '
Rochester club of the International
League.
Possibly Ty Cobb’s batting slump Is
due to the fact that he has not ceased
laughing at the National Commission.
THEM WERE THE GOOD OLD
DAYS
1 remember, 1 remember.
The place where once 1 sat.
I paid two bits and I could sec
What l was looking at.
A quarter then could get a seat
Where you could see them play.
Two bits to-day will buy a seat
..About a mile away.
THIS IS NOT TRUE.
A fan enjoyed a baseball game
Until a peddlrr's husky frame
Hove into view and queered the same.
The rooter saids “Pray step aside!"
“Oh, very well,” the youth replied.
The rooter laid him down and died.
Aside from a chess tournament, It
would be hard to find a more strenuous
exhibition of athietics than a conflict be
tween Messrs. McGoorty and Clabby.
McGorty and Clabby fought with such
abandoned ferocity that they threatened
at times to muss each other's hall
Still, one Is f«i,rced to admit that as a
manager, Joe Tinker Is a great little
shortstop.
There are various redeeming features
about a wrestling match, one of which is
that there is no law compelling a citizen
to watch one.
When the National Commission speaks
of ethics, one takes it for granted that
none of its members has a spilt lip.
A glance at the standing of the teams
leads a person to wonder what has be
come of the horseshoe that Jake Stahl
carried last season.
Baseball may be a losing proposition,
but it would be hard to find a more deso
late spot than a home for Indigent base
ball magnates.
IN CINCINNATI
Tis false" he said.. "It cannot be.
Methinks that thoti art kidding me,
Or else thou hast a bun.
Put it would make me blithe and gay
And 1 would sing the livelong day
Could / believe you when you say
Joe Tinker's team has won."
Twenty-^even daredevil, death defy
ing demons will start in the 500-mile
race at Indianapolis, But. not being
a mortician, we decline to become en
thusiastic.
has
will
one.
CHRISTY MATHIMM
BIG LIAGUt GOSSIP
N EW YORK, May 8.—The National League race at present is in a turbulent state. The
Giants and Pirates, who were rated to be <he two contenders before the season opened,
are not doing very much contending just now.
Two teams to which little attention was paid at the beginning of the race are malting the
pace, and will cause a lot of trouble before the pennant is won. These two are Chicago and
Philadelphia, but I look to see them both crack. The Cubs lack the pitching staff, and the
Phillies have the pitching staff, but not the latent strength. Philadelphia, to my mind,
a better chance of holding up than Chicago.
The Quakers look more formidable this year than they have for several seasons. Three star pitchers
keep them stringing along in the race for most of the distance. The infield is good, but not a brilliant
The'outfield has one great hitter, Sherwood Magee, and the other two men are just fair. But Alexander,
Seaton and Chalmers are fine pitch
ers.
There should be some changes in
the present standing beginning this
week, and the teams will straighten
out into something like the order
that will mark the finish within a
month. When the Western clubs
battle with the Easemers that is
always a test. Now that the dis
astrous seriaR with Philadelphia is
off the Giants' schedule, I hope the
Quakers will maintain the form dis
played by them against us until they
meet the Cubs and Pirates. The
East and West are better balanced
for strength this season than has
been the case for years. If anything,
the East has a slight edge in the
National. It has a distinct one in
the American League. A few years
ago it was all the other way.
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T HE two best National League
teams In the West are the
Pittsburg and Chicago clubs, as
usual, even though the Pirates have
been performing badly so far. St.
Louis has jumped away to a good
start, but it is my notion the team
is going to encounter a hope-crusher
when it digs into the East. Cin
cinnati is still a very uncertain ball
club, with "Joe” Tinker doing his
best to put an edge on his team.
Whether he will accomplish this or
not is beyond me. The Reds have
improved slightly the past week,
winning a couple more games and
being crowded by Boston for last
place. Pittsburg has the natural
robustness, and is bound to come
through later in the season. Whether
the club will brace on this impend
ing Eastern trip or not is doubtful.
The team did much better on the
road last season for the most part
than at home. Clarke has an ex
cellent pitching staff, which has so
far failed to get going.
All the Eastern teams in the Na
tional League are stronger this year
than last, judging from the showing
to date. Philadelphia, as I have
said, is an improved ball club. None
knows it better than the Giants.
Brooklyn has mounted to the first
division, and will give the Western
ers a good battle. Boston is about
the same, perhaps a trifle better.
The Giants are not going at a normal
I stride yet, the club being particular -
ily weak with the stick. The pitch-
i ing staff is also faltering, Tesreau
'not finding the weather warm
enough and "Rube” Marquard just
recovering from an attack of tonsi-
lltls.
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T HE Western clubs will be crowd
ed down by their visits to the
East, according to my notions. I
expect to see the Cubs tumbled out
of their high place, because they
are going to run into better pitch
ing than they have faced so far in
the West, and the Chicago twiriers
have not the finish to hold opposing
teams to small scores that will he
necessary t6 beat the good twirling
they will meet. In Philadelphia, par
ticularly, this will be true. Right
now Dooin is getting the best pitch
ing In the league. The Giants' pitch
ing staff should also be in better
form when the Westerners arrive.
Marquard is rounding, too, and his
return to his regular place in the
pitching schedule is going to help
things.
Pittsburg should profit by the trip.
All that the club needs is work and
polishing. Cincinnati and St. Louis
will be victims of the East. I can
not see the possibility in the Cardi-
Peaoock students are holding a ten
nis tournament at East Lake this week.
One match is still to be played. In
the singles on Tuesday Roff Simms
defeated Louis Bams in a very close
match by the score of 6-4. 2-6, 9-7.
His opponent in the finals will be the
winner of a match between Beall and
Black
In the doubles 81ms and Black won
a place in the finals by defeating Hun-
nicutt and Knox. 6-1, 6-2. The pair
who will meet these two are Hopkins
and Ornie. The tournament will be
finished on Thursday.
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It looks as If G. M A. has given
up all hope of doing anything in the
Prep league this year. On Tuesday
they forfeited a game to Tech High,
rather than go to the trouble of play
ing It.
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Following is the standing of the teams
in the local Prep League:
Boys High 4
Marist
Tech High
Peacock
G. M A. .
4
.1
1000
760
667
.200
.167
hammer throw (12-pound).
Riverside is leading the other schools
entered In the S. I. A. A. by a large
majority. Following is the present
standing of these teams:
Riverside ,..7 0 .1000
Stone Mountain 2 1. 667
G. M. C. 1 4 .200
Gordon 1 6 .143
Charlie Allen, of Marist, looks best in
the hundred-yard dash Friday in the
track meet at Marist. Jim Parks, of
Tech High, should give him a good ar
gument.
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Bill Bedell, of Tech High, is a sure
point winner and It will not surprise
anyone If Bill cops the prize for high
est uumber of points made by one man
He looks good for a first in the hurdles
and In the quarter
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» arlst has developed a new sprinter,
name Is Lewis and in practice he
has been showing his heels to all the
other sprinters. Lewis may prove a
dark horse kn the hundred yard dash
Friday.
Members of the Boys High track team
officially announced Wednesday that
they would not enter the Prep meet
Friday. This decision robs the meet
of much interest as Boys High was
regarded as a probable winner.
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Here id the list of the events which I
will be run in the meet at Marist Fri-
day:
100-yard dash- 200-yard low hurdles;
*!0-yard dash; 880-yard run; mile run; I
running broacf jump; running high
‘jump, pole vault; shot put U2 pound)7
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nals. They are early-season spurt-
ers, but, as the race wears alone;,
they will drop back like the Reds
did last year. •
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'T'HE Giants must profit by tile
•t Western invasion. The jump
we were to acquire in the first weeks
of the race has not developed, but
this is explained by the fact that
the club has met better baseball in
the East than was being played in
this section last season. Every East
ern club is stronger, i believe, in
cluding even Boston. The New York
team is just as healthy this year as
it was last, if not slightly improved,
but the great thing the Giants will
be forced to overcome is too much
self-assurance. This quality is al
ways dangerotls fti a. ball club, and
the fact the team lias won the pen
nant. for the past two years makes
Ihe men feel overly confident. The
addition of the new blood in the
club should help to eliminate this
Burns and Shafer were substitutes
last year. They have improved
enough to push a couple of regulars
out of their jobs this summer. They
are both great ball players, and very
fast and ambitious, Demaree has
been added to the pitching staff
It. is therefore evident the club is
stronger than it was lust season, be
cause none of the veterans have
gone back. But still I think the
whole fight, will he harder, because
several other teams have been
bolstered up, notably Philadelphia
and Chicago, if Evers had a couple
of airtight pitchers, he would have
a great chance for the championship.
The invasion of the Westerners
will answer some questions that art'
still hanging in the air. One of
these, and the most important, is:
“Can the Cubs hold up?”
I do not believe that they can, but
if Evers rolls through his Eastern
campaign and is in first place, they
are going to be dangerous boys.
(Copyright, 1813, by the McClure News-
paper Syndicate.)
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All authorities to the contrary,
notwithstanding, baseball is a bur
den to the newspapers according
to the magazine Outlook.
To-day every press association
of importance is carrying over its
leased wires full box scores of
©very game in the National and
American leagues. And that’s not
the end. In addition to the major
league box scores there are the
minor league and college games to
be reported and handled. Thus,
on a wire running from New York
City to Albany, for instance, there
are sent every playing night dur
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box scores, four boxes of the New
York State League and the results
of the I international League and
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And baseball is “must” news,
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kets. Of course, in case of a na
tional disaster it would be super
seded, but it is sidetracked only
for news happenings of world
wide interest.
ZBYSZKO WINS MAT GO;
THROWS TWO IN ONE HOUR
MONTREAL, May 8.—Sta^ilaus
Zbvszko, champion wrestler of Poland,
fulfilled conditions Imposed upon hii 1
last night by throwing two opponents
within an hour. The Pole threw Vin
cent In £4 minutes with a toe hold an 1
Caseau in 26 minutes with a bo-iv
hold.
CLOSEST mil
S POKANE. WASH.. May 8.-—"Be
fore we leave Spokane this week
I am confident I shall be able
to announce definitely Willie Ritchie’s
July Fourth engagement,” said Billy
Nolan, manager of the lightweight
champion, shortly after his arrival in
Spokane.
“Promoters in New York and Cal
ifornia have been keeping the wires
pretty hot since we left Denver, and
we are really very near to an agree
ment. There is only one man in
New York* that I consider a good
match for Ritchie. That Is Leach
Cross. Britton is not to be consid
ered, for he has been beaten by other
fighters and particularly by Ritchie
hjmself wftfcn the latter first broke
into the professional game.
“Gross is the biggest New York
card and really the only one back,
there that deserves a chance. Mc
Farland simply won’t make weight,
and it is unnecessary to go into the
many reasons why we will almply
take the stand on the weight ques
tion that all other champions ahead
of us have taken.
“California fans want to see
Ritchie in action against Rivers, and
1 am of the opinion this is our best
proposition, but that also hangs fire.
Rivers Is undoubtedly our greatest
drawing card In California.”
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